The Week of April 9th: 10 things eft's been reading
There’s more to electric trucks than Tesla. Amazon causes a lot of problems, but maybe not the Post Office’s.
1. As unrest grows on privacy, you can imagine ELDs are pretty controversial. ‘TRUCKERS TAKE ON TRUMP OVER ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE RULES.’ [WIRED]
2. USPS has bigger problems than Amazon. ‘Amazon Is the Post Office's Best Friend, No Matter What Trump Tweets.’ [Gizmodo]
3. The impact of the trade war on manufacturers. ‘In Sparing Consumers Tariff Burden, Trump Hit Manufacturing.’ [NY Times]
4. A reminder that other companies are doing electric trucks also. ‘Nikola deposit-shames Tesla on Twitter, brags $8 billion in preorders.’ [Roadshow]
5. Another take on the state of USPS. ‘Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive.’ [TechCrunch]
6. Fascinating look at retail’s technological roadmap. ‘Retail’s Adapt-Or-Die Moment: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Commerce.’ [CB Insights]
7. More electric trucks. ‘These Electric Semis Hope To Clean Up The Trucking Industry.’ [FastCompany]
8. And some of the problems with electric trucks. ‘Power Shift: Electric truck makers promise cleaner, cheaper tractors, but can fueling and charging infrastructure keep up?’ [Overdrive]
9. Walmart continues its return to the forefront of retail (to be fair, they’ve always been there). ‘Walmart partners with Postmates on grocery delivery.’ [TechCrunch]
10. Steve Banker doesn’t mince words here. ‘Is Uber Freight On The Verge Of Going Out Of Business?’ [Forbes]